Author Archive: Retro

A sequence constructed from still photos of the execution by hanging of the Lincoln conspirators.

A Reenactment of the famous Gettysburg Address

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Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures. The fabulous decade when we came of age!

Video from Library of Congress telling the story of Francis Scott Key’s poem and its War of 1812 origins. The new song is sung by the actors at film’s end, “conducted” by the actor playing Key: the challenge is timing the tempo of the on-screen music to fit with the intervening intertitles.

Volcanic eruptions and lava flows in Hawaii.

Great variety of, some very beautiful, erupting volcano footage in Hawaii; molten lava; trees burning in lava; firefalls; lava pooring into the ocean creating shoreline; aerial shots of erupting volcano; scientist in lava field; magma; smoke. Nice shots of volcanic rocks.

01:29:51:00 Nice credits; a woven book on a black backdrop with “Aloha” on the cover is opened by a hand revealing title page, white font on red paper.

01:35:04:08 Camera on tripod in front of volcanic eruption. Mike Carter, award winning volcanic photographer runs up to camera with blue jeans on his back and protective covering on his head, snaps picture then runs away from the eruption.

01:35:17:03 VS at Volcano House in Hawaii.

01:35:28:25 Romantic scene of an older couple at dinner table at Volcano House in Hawaii. The man points out for his wife a volcano in the distance.

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The Life of Sergei Eisenstein, the great Russian filmmaker.